Sézanne

Sézanne is a common French, located in the department of the Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne. Its inhabitants are called sézannais them.

History

A street of Sézanne bears the street name of Juiverie, another street of Lombards. This points out the fairs which were held in Sézanne. The lombards were specialized in the financial affairs.

In would the north of the department, the commune of Bezannes, have an etymological origin near?

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The Saint-Denis church, the hospital-old people's home founded in 1164 by Henri Ier de Champagne, count de Champagne and of Brie, whose vault is decorated tables of the painter Claude Francois, in religion, the Frère Luc, the cloister.

The emails established on old ramparts. The Gilded well, of the surname Gilded. The market, built by Boirou. The sundial, street of Juiverie.

Personalities related to the commune

Léonie Aviat, (1844-1914), religious catholic born in Sézanne, canonized in 2001;
Jean Levaillant, (1794-1871), general French, wire of the explorer François Levaillant;
Raymond Marcellin, (1914-2004), politician and French statesman;
Melon of Jolly, (1795-1872), catholic archbishop;
Doctor Henry Claude Robert Napias, born in Sézanne on March 7th, 1842, director of the Public assistance to Paris.
Jacques Alexis Thuriot, (1753-1829);
Alexis Eugene Thuriot of Rosière, (1807-1876), wire of the precedent.

Artists:

the lithographer Emile Gastebois born on January 12th, 1853 in Sézanne. Formed with Trawl-net-in-Champagne, it will carry out a lithography of the Saint-Denis church (well-known of Sézannais), and other representations of churches of the Marne. Its death at the 30 years age makes us regret the smallness of its work.
the lithographer and illustrator Dieudonné Auguste Lancelot, born in Sézanne in 1822, died in Paris in 1894.
the painter Claude Louis Langlois says Langlois de Sézanne, (1757-1845)
the monk récollet and painter Claude Francois, in religion: Brother Luc, (1615-1685)
the painter Louis Hector Pron, born on December 29th, 1817, died in Troyes (Paddle) with the beginning of the XX° century.
One will announce the existence of the painter and Italian architect Augusto Sezanne born on August 31st, 1856 with Florence, dead on May 6th, 1935 in Venice. This character or were his ancestors originating in Sézanne?
Often, mis-spellt, the name of Paul Cézanne, returns at the time of Internet search. The restaurant of the hotel of France (formerly directed by Mr Charles) is called nowadays Cézanne.

Hydrology

a derivation of the Large Morin: the Troughs, was created by monks to feed the town of Sézanne. This river holds its name of troughs out of wooden which were the first drains. Grown bigger Ru of the Fountain of Vé, then brook of the Small-Pond, then Saint-Remy cheese ruiiseau, this river, long, 18,1 km is thrown in the Superbe with Pleurs.

Vine growing

the French historian, Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand d' Aussy wrote in 1782, a work on the French wines at the 12th century , in this book it quotes for Champagne the wines of: Chabli, Epernai, Rheims, Hauvillers, Sezanne, Thunder . Source: See the site

See too

Common of the Marne
Station of Sézanne.
One of the first engines with vapor built by Alexis Hallette bears the name of Sézanne. It only is still preserved nowadays, it is visible with the French Musée of the railroad of Mulhouse.

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